. >>> and ashton kutcher is far out. no, really. the actor is on his way to space. yesterday, kuchar became the 500th person to sign up for a ride into space with billionaire richard branson's virgin galactic. he will get a 2 1/2-hour flight, with 5 minutes of weightlessness, all for a mere $200,000. flights are set to start next year. >> does he get a beverage and pretzels, though? >> the smallest bag of pretzels, ever. >>> it appears peyton manning is heading to the mile-high city. he is passing denver bronco's physical and is working on a dale worth roughly $95 million over the next five years. he missed all of last season. he was released by the colts two weeks ago. >>> meantime, there are two days, now, until the sweet 16 gets under way. but the pros were in action last night. we get highlights, now, from espn news. >> good morning. i'm don bell with your espn news update. and we go to the nba. couple of big games in the eastern conference. bulls and magic. chicago, without derrick rose. first quarter, orlando, they have dwight howard. and that's working out pr